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HIERARCHY OF RACISM IN LABOUR - #FordeReport
Martin Forde reveals the truth of how Labour have snubbed the #FordeReport whilst describing the pressure he faced from the BBC...
EXCLUSIVE by @AJIunit
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Martin Forde reveals the truth of how Labour have snubbed the #FordeReport whilst describing the pressure he faced from the BBC...
EXCLUSIVE by @AJIunit
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In 2020, Keir Starmer appointed Martin Forde QC, to investigate the leaked Labour report. The #FordeReport revealed an alarming hierarchy of racism within the party, yet Labour have shamefully chosen to ignore his significant findings.
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Despite commissioning one of Britain's leading Black QCs, his damning report was studiously swept under the carpet as Labour have been silent on this ever since.
The report also challenged the narrative of the BBC Panorama programme on Labour and antisemitism,...
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The report also challenged the narrative of the BBC Panorama programme on Labour and antisemitism,...
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Martin Forde, commissioned by Labour to investigate factionalism and racism in the party speaks publicly for the first time about what he calls the party's hierarchy of racism:
"Anti-black racism, islamophobia, isn't taken as seriously as antisemitism"
Martin Forde, commissioned by Labour to investigate factionalism and racism in the party speaks publicly for the first time about what he calls the party's hierarchy of racism:
"Anti-black racism, islamophobia, isn't taken as seriously as antisemitism"
"In his report published in July 2022 Forde made 165 recommendations; he was surprised to have heard almost nothing from the party since"
"The issue of AS - and the belief that Labour under Jeremy Corbyn harboured anti-Jewish racists - dominated the British media for the 4 yrs of Corbyn's leadership. It contributed to his defeat in the 2019 GE but the British media has shown almost no interest in the Forde Report"
@GeorgeMonbiot Seeing as you are now showing some interest but continue to refuse to join the dots many of us did at the time, maybe we can walk you through & help you in your investigation. 🧵
For instance, this individual is featured in the documentary. Do you know who she is?
For instance, this individual is featured in the documentary. Do you know who she is?
@GeorgeMonbiot How about this individual who has just been elevated to the Lords?
@GeorgeMonbiot Talking of Lords, maybe take a look at these individuals & their role in the AS in the LP 'topic'...
Starmer's self congratulations on the handling of antisemitism within the Labour Party is built on one of the most comprehensive cover ups in modern British politics, and a litany of lies that makes Boris Johnson look like an oracle of truth telling...
the principle lie is that the previous leadership 'interfered' in order to undermine the proper handling of antisemitism complaints. As anyone with the slightest relationship to facts will know, that is not just a lie, it is an Orwellian inversion of the truth...
here's just one of countless examples where the Corbyn leadership was trying to get a hostile, right wing party bureaucracy to act on antisemitism complaints, disclosed long before the EHRC report or even Panorama's widely discredited episode on the topic..
Corbyn had a vision of a more inclusive party - however he was replaced by the old guard and Starmer was installed as leader.
Marcia Hutchinson, a former Labour Councillor said:
"I faced more racism in the Labour Party than I have in the rest of my life combined."
#LabourFiles
Marcia Hutchinson, a former Labour Councillor said:
"I faced more racism in the Labour Party than I have in the rest of my life combined."
#LabourFiles
Hutchinson who received an MBE from the Queen reveals how other members of the Labour Party were discriminated against under Starmer's Leadership.
#LabourFiles
#StarmerOut
#LabourFiles
#StarmerOut
The #LabourFiles reveal how minority staff members "are simply there for set dressing."
But when anyone raises any issues with the toxic working culture they are demoted, discipled or expelled.
Secret WhatsApp groups are set up to bully other members of the party .
But when anyone raises any issues with the toxic working culture they are demoted, discipled or expelled.
Secret WhatsApp groups are set up to bully other members of the party .
Just finished #FordeReport
Some thoughts
At the centre of the Report is the toxic relationship between the Party "Civil Service" (HQ) and Corbyn's Office (LOTO)
Forde does a great deal of blaming both sides BUT LOTO had a democratic mandate that HQ were trying to obstruct
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Some thoughts
At the centre of the Report is the toxic relationship between the Party "Civil Service" (HQ) and Corbyn's Office (LOTO)
Forde does a great deal of blaming both sides BUT LOTO had a democratic mandate that HQ were trying to obstruct
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A number of times, Forde is concerned about a "hierarchy of protected characteristics, a hierarchy of racism..."
I think he means antisemitism cases were given higher priority than say anti-black racism or sexism or Islamophobia, for example
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I think he means antisemitism cases were given higher priority than say anti-black racism or sexism or Islamophobia, for example
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QUOTE: "Some opponents of Jeremy Corbyn saw the issue of antisemitism as a means of attacking him"
(I am Jewish and this is key for me. I felt the issue was being abused for factional purposes. This was infuriating and very bad for the necessary fight against actual AS)
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(I am Jewish and this is key for me. I felt the issue was being abused for factional purposes. This was infuriating and very bad for the necessary fight against actual AS)
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Rightwing factions the Jewish Lab Movement, Progress & Lab First used their members which were radicalised Students, Lab HQ staff, councillors & MPs to create AS crisis through media. This was then used by celebrities & sensible centrists to attack Lab..
#FordeReport #ItWasAScam
#FordeReport #ItWasAScam
The Jewish Labour Movement is a tiny Rightwing faction within Labour that has both non Jews and non Labour members. It weaponised AS throughout Corbyns leadership. The media never questioned its motives..
#ItWasAScam
mronline.org/2019/04/29/jew…
#ItWasAScam
mronline.org/2019/04/29/jew…
Progress are a Blairite RW faction formed in 1996, funded by billionaires.
Theyre responsible for alot of the vile RW MPs in the PLP, training & mentoring candidates then parachuting them into safe seats. All 7 founding members of Change UK were members.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Theyre responsible for alot of the vile RW MPs in the PLP, training & mentoring candidates then parachuting them into safe seats. All 7 founding members of Change UK were members.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The #FordeReport shines a bright light on the @TheLabourParty_ finds an organisation with a toxic and dysfunctional political culture with evidence of factionalism, chaos, racism, sexism and antisemitism. The question is, what is @Keir_Starmer response? fordeinquiry.org/wp-content/upl…
Flourishing racism. The majority Black consensus/perspective is the @TheLabourParty_is institutionally racist. Given the quantity and quality of evidence submitted, this is a pretty weak conclusion.
@OpBlackVote @LabourBlackWom1 @CLSUK1974
@labourblacksoc1 @socialistsunday
@OpBlackVote @LabourBlackWom1 @CLSUK1974
@labourblacksoc1 @socialistsunday
@OpBlackVote @LabourBlackWom1 @CLSUK1974 @labourblacksoc1 @socialistsunday We think it's fair to expect? No, actually, as socialists, we think it's a fundamental principle demand that @TheLabourParty_ be a shining example of race equality and opportunity for Black people. This report shows that the party neither values nor respects its Black members.
One of several risks in aftermath of the #FordeReport is that discussion around antisemitism, and other bigotries, in the party/movement yet again gets lost in weeds of process, procedure, and bureaucracy, rather than being about a political confrontation with reactionary ideas.
The most robust and efficient complaints procedure in the world is not going to uproot bigoted or reactionary ideas. Obviously those procedures should be improved (although “make it easier to expel people” shouldn’t be the aim), but changing ideas requires political education.
On antisemitism, the issue I’ve been most engaged with, successive Labour leaderships have failed on this. Under Corbyn, one decent educational resource (the ‘No Place for Antisemitism’ pamphlet) was produced, but there was no accompanying drive to use it for ongoing education.
To help those seeking to make sense of the #FordeReport, here are some *open source* LinkedIn screenshots of the work timeline for former Labour Party GLU Head Sam Matthews (formerly of Margaret Hodge's Royal Holloway University) @Standup4Labour
P.S. I've got screenies of the threatening facebook messages last decade, from your friend - so no more of that silliness please. 👍🏻
Going by the first few pages, the #FordeReport is going to say 'A plague on both your houses'.
This paragraph seems fair enough to me. The Leaked Report did indeed confirm the problem of antisemitism in the Party, which its readership often overlooked.
This also seems reasonable.
We have seen the #FordeReport.
We're going to provide you with highlights from it today, until you get to see it for yourself.
Hold on tight folks. This one is a doozy.
We're going to provide you with highlights from it today, until you get to see it for yourself.
Hold on tight folks. This one is a doozy.
Part two:
🧵1/15 Wondering where the #FordeReport is? So are we.
We've been waiting on various folks to explore this story, but understandably noone has taken it further. So we're doing it instead. Here's a thread.
We've been waiting on various folks to explore this story, but understandably noone has taken it further. So we're doing it instead. Here's a thread.
In 2020 I left the Labour Party.
Upon @Keir_Starmer 's election, using hidden funding from private medicine, I cancelled my direct debit.
A couple of weeks later, I was prompted to formally resign from the Party when I received notification that I was suspended for alleged AS.
Upon @Keir_Starmer 's election, using hidden funding from private medicine, I cancelled my direct debit.
A couple of weeks later, I was prompted to formally resign from the Party when I received notification that I was suspended for alleged AS.
The personal smear against me bothers me not.
I know who I am and what I stand for. I've stood eyeball to eyeball with members of far right mobs several times.
The people who know me know that I don't have a racist cell in my body.
I know who I am and what I stand for. I've stood eyeball to eyeball with members of far right mobs several times.
The people who know me know that I don't have a racist cell in my body.
However, @jeremycorbyn is a public figure. Slurs and smears aimed at him have consequences.
By continuing to withhold the whip, @Keir_Starmer continues to maintain a lie. Because, let's be honest here, #ItWasAScam
By continuing to withhold the whip, @Keir_Starmer continues to maintain a lie. Because, let's be honest here, #ItWasAScam
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In trying to appeal to Brexit voters Starmer lies & denies supporting European Medicines Agency - something that’s a matter of public record - he’s supposed to be different to inveterate liar Johnson not competing with 🤷🏾♀️
In trying to appeal to Brexit voters Starmer lies & denies supporting European Medicines Agency - something that’s a matter of public record - he’s supposed to be different to inveterate liar Johnson not competing with 🤷🏾♀️
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Keir Starmer has finally called for an investigation in to the govt’s shambolic handling of covid, a good thing you might think until you consider
dumptheguardian.com/politics/2020/…
Keir Starmer has finally called for an investigation in to the govt’s shambolic handling of covid, a good thing you might think until you consider
dumptheguardian.com/politics/2020/…
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Confessing to supporting the govt. to get children back to schools at a time when the NEU was calling for safety measures & were supported by shadow education secretary Rebecca Long Bailey skwawkbox.org/2020/09/02/vid…
Confessing to supporting the govt. to get children back to schools at a time when the NEU was calling for safety measures & were supported by shadow education secretary Rebecca Long Bailey skwawkbox.org/2020/09/02/vid…
A correction to Tweet #1 Starmer wasn’t removed from the Society he resigned due to being DPP he was however condemned by the society
“A motion passed at the 90-year-old society’s annual general meeting condemned the Labour leader as ‘demonstrably not a socialist’”
“A motion passed at the 90-year-old society’s annual general meeting condemned the Labour leader as ‘demonstrably not a socialist’”
Correction continued
“Among the items on the charge sheet were 'appalling policy positions', 'his behaviour over schools during the pandemic' and 'his inaction over abuse of transgender people'”
lawgazette.co.uk/obiter/legal-c…
“Among the items on the charge sheet were 'appalling policy positions', 'his behaviour over schools during the pandemic' and 'his inaction over abuse of transgender people'”
lawgazette.co.uk/obiter/legal-c…
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Keir Starmer on Iraq, when as Queens Council he had to talk about the law truthfully
dumptheguardian.com/politics/2003/…
Keir Starmer on Iraq, when as Queens Council he had to talk about the law truthfully
dumptheguardian.com/politics/2003/…
No amount of whataboutery, legislation around personal data nor focus on context; will erase the vile toxicity of those exposed by the #LabourLeaks report.
If you joked that a member would burn in a fire, that you would not 'piss' on them to put it out & wished for a petrol emoji; no data breach will take away from the fact that you are a disgusting individual. There is no context that would make it anything other than abhorrent.
If you laughed at the fact that one of the most abused black politicians had been reduced to tears & then decided to tip a 'journalist' as to her location; no data breach will absolve you from being vile & probably a racist.
"Evidence contained in two detailed reports now suggests that the Labour Party’s failings in handling antisemitism complaints were, in large measure, not the fault of Corbyn. On the contrary, it seems that it is some of his fiercest critics who have a case to answer. Yet they
are in receipt of considerable quantities of Labour Party funds, while it is Corbyn who has had the whip withdrawn.
The choice facing Martin Forde QC is a simple one. Does he obfuscate and distort - trusting that, as with the EHRC report, a complicit and
The choice facing Martin Forde QC is a simple one. Does he obfuscate and distort - trusting that, as with the EHRC report, a complicit and
inept media will fail to probe and scrutinise his findings?
Or does he honestly investigate the reality of what happened within the Labour Party between 2015 and 2019 - no matter how embarrassing it is for Keir Starmer?" Peter Oborne
Or does he honestly investigate the reality of what happened within the Labour Party between 2015 and 2019 - no matter how embarrassing it is for Keir Starmer?" Peter Oborne
The Labour Party smears me again. And thousands of other former members and members who were accused falsely of antisemitism for supporting the human rights of others. Pretty soon they won’t have any members at all! mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
Like hundreds of thousands of others I joined the Labour Party in 2015 because I heard @jeremycorbyn speak. He was the first politician I had ever heard who was honest and respectful and answered every question asked sincerely. An intelligent, well read man.
A year later it suddenly became apparent that in spite of the smiles and applause at the time, Labour MPs weren’t going to stand for an honest leader. They resigned from his cabinet, one every hour, in a coordinated attempt to force him to resign.
A short thread on the #FordeReport.
Where is it Keith?
It’s in the attic.
It’s in the attic.
Where is it Kieth?
It’s in that Greggs over there.
It’s in that Greggs over there.
Below are excerpts from (ex adviser to @johnmcdonnellMP) @JoeRRyle's blog with some of his submissions to the #FordeReport.
As with the #LabourLeaks report, it's hard to reconcile its contents with the media's characterisation of events
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Full article:
opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
As with the #LabourLeaks report, it's hard to reconcile its contents with the media's characterisation of events
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Full article:
opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
From the off Corbyn had suspicions [about how helpful party officials would be] but the extent of the plots against him went beyond anything that could be expected
It was Lab HQ's job to set up LOTO's and McDonnell's offices, but in Corbyn and McDonnell’s offices there were:
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It was Lab HQ's job to set up LOTO's and McDonnell's offices, but in Corbyn and McDonnell’s offices there were:
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* No handover notes
* Computers had gone missing
* Only ancient computers prone to crashing left, some without screens
* Offices not properly set up
* Desks without chairs
A lot more went on than was revealed in the #LabourLeaks report
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* Computers had gone missing
* Only ancient computers prone to crashing left, some without screens
* Offices not properly set up
* Desks without chairs
A lot more went on than was revealed in the #LabourLeaks report
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After the Labour leaks report, it was tempting to think the centrists' game was up - the cat was out of the bag, their lies and viciousness had finally been exposed. But they have the media and the establishment on their side - truth counts for little
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scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2004…
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scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2004…
We need to keep reminding ourselves what happened. They knew it was all lies but if the media repeated them constantly, they would become the truth
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BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis retweeted a thread that all but described Corbyn as a Nazi:
"Goodbye Jeremy Corbyn. They said you don’t have an antisemitic bone in your body. That may be true, but your brain is full of it...[etc.]"
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"Goodbye Jeremy Corbyn. They said you don’t have an antisemitic bone in your body. That may be true, but your brain is full of it...[etc.]"
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I can think of nothing that Jeremy Corbyn needs to apologise for.
Keir Starmer on the other hand should apologise for his:
- 'No ifs, no buts' comment & his continued failure to listen to teachers, parents, unions
- constant 'I support the govt/PM' comments 1/4
Keir Starmer on the other hand should apologise for his:
- 'No ifs, no buts' comment & his continued failure to listen to teachers, parents, unions
- constant 'I support the govt/PM' comments 1/4
- systematic abandoning of his 10 pledges which were clearly just a leadership election con
- constant courting of media outlets that regularly attack & demonise the powerless
- whipping LAB to abstain on votes that seriously attack human rights 2/2
- constant courting of media outlets that regularly attack & demonise the powerless
- whipping LAB to abstain on votes that seriously attack human rights 2/2
- gigantic flip-flop & obvious hypocrisy on Brexit
- failure to support Black MPs & members
- #LabourLeaks & #FordeReport debacle
- adoption of a fueled by focus group, flags, family, business & monarchy agenda, full of sound-bite but bereft of substance 3/3
- failure to support Black MPs & members
- #LabourLeaks & #FordeReport debacle
- adoption of a fueled by focus group, flags, family, business & monarchy agenda, full of sound-bite but bereft of substance 3/3
